I live next to raspberries fields where there is an abundance of nettles growing. Im curious to try out a nettle recipe, however my only concern is the pesticides/other sprays that the farmers have been spraying in the fields recently. The raspberries are obviously ok, and the nettles don't seem...
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have discovered phthalates, industrial chemicals, in common foods purchased in the United States. Phthalates can be found in a variety of products and food packaging material, child-care articles and medical...
I'm doing science homework in which we have to create a pamphlet on smoking and the effects it has on the respiratory system so could anyone tell me e.g. The effects Butane has on the lungs/heart, the effects of Ammonia, the effects of Arsenic poison etc?
Help please, and be straightforward :)...
Scientists have discovered an enzyme used in nature to make powerful chemicals from catnip to a cancer drug, vinblastine. The discovery opens up the prospect of producing these chemicals cheaply and efficiently. They are produced naturally by some plants such as the medicinal Madagascar...
A new investigative report has turned up some ugly truths about the inexpensive, trendy clothes we so love to buy. In "Toxic Threads,"*Greenpeace International tested 141 clothing items from 20 major fashion brands and found items from every brand contained traces of*hazardous*chemicals and...
Johnson & Johnson Promises To Remove All Those Dangerous Chemicals They’ve Been Using
Fresh on the heels of a lawsuit,*Johnson & Johnson announced yesterday*that they'd be removing potentially harmful chemicals from all of their beauty and personal care products. To be axed? Formaldehyde...
A study lead by researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) shows an association between increased concentrations of phthalates in the body and an increased risk of diabetes in women. Phthalates are endocrine disrupting chemicals that are commonly found in personal care products such as...
Fifteen years worth of research has made it clear that chemicals common in cosmetics, household products and medicines are wreaking havoc on our bodies, the European Environment Agency says. In a study published yesterday, the agency warns of "strong evidence" linking these "endocrine disrupting...
An editorial published in the prestigious journal Environmental Health Perspectives calls for increased research to identify possible environmental causes of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders in America's children and presents a list of ten target chemicals including which are...
A large new review of breast cancer studies found 'lifestyle' factors—unhealthy foods, alcohol, cigarettes, hormone replacement therapy and oral contraceptives—are more strongly tied to breast cancer risk than environmental pollutants or toxins.*But wildly different headlines about the study...
Julie McCabe, 38-year-old a wife and mother in England, has been in a coma for three weeks, caused by what's believed to be an allergic reaction to L'Oreal hair dye. Just minutes after applying the dye—which she'd used before in the past—she collapsed and stopped breathing; now doctors give her...
So which chemicals in tobacco smoke must be listed on tobacco products?
Please leave a link to the site where you found this info, as I'm doing a school project and I must list my sources.
thanks
The McRib should really be called the McFib. It's a lie letting anyone think that the barbecue "pork" sandwich is really ribs when it's nothing more than pig intestines, hearts and scalded stomachs (we've shown you before how disgusting the so-called meat really is), and now we've found out it's...
New findings about how the brain functions to suppress pain have been published in the leading journal Pain, by NUI Galway researchers. For the first time, it has been shown that the hippocampus of the brain, which is usually associated with memory, has an active role to play in suppressing pain...
Survival in the depths of the tropical rainforest not only depends on a species' ability to defend itself, but can be reliant on the type of cooperation researchers have discovered between ants and tropical trees. The research, published in Biotropica, reveals how the ants use chemical signals...
...sell them usually? Serious question: What chemicals do herb growers put on their plants before they sell them usually?
For example, pesticides & hebicides & genetic modification is used to grow produce, then MSG & other additives are used to make the food good & give it shelf life, do most...
I heard or read that there are a lot of toxic stuff in tobacco products. I read that it is not just pure tobacco. I know poison has to be prayed on the tobacco plants to keep worms from eating the leaves.
What else is in a cigarette or snuff, pr chewing tobacco or cigars?